When solid state physics formed in 1940s America, it was unusual

List of Tables

Table 1: Topical Divisions of Early-Twentieth-Century Physics ............................................. 4
Table 2: American Physical Society Divisional Membership, 1942–2013 ......................... 363

List of Figures

Figure 1: Bern Porter's Map of Physics, 1939 ......................................................................... 2
Figure 2: APS membership, 1930–1945 ............................................................................... 44
Figure 3: Map of the “United States of Physics” ................................................................... 59
Figure 4: Articles published in Physical Review between 1920 and 1960 ............................ 136
Figure 5: Names for the study of solids ............................................................................... 181
Figure 6: Solid state physics subsumed by materials science .............................................. 183
Figure 7: Weisskopf’s diagram of extensive vs. intensive research ..................................... 266
Figure 8: The SSC in popular news media ......................................................................... 288

List of Abbreviations

AHES		Archive for History of Exact Sciences
AJP		American Journal of Physics
APS		American Philosophical Society Library, Philadelphia, PA Slater papers John Clarke Slater papers
CHF		Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library, Philadelphia, PA Parr papers Papers of Robert G. Parr
HUA		Harvard University Archives, Cambridge, MA RRL records Radio Research Laboratory records
HSNS		Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
HSPBS		Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
HSPS		Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences
JAP		Journal of Applied Physics
MIT		Massachusetts Institute of Technology Archives, Cambridge, MA Bitter papers Francis Bitter papers NML records Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory records von Hippel papers Arthur R. von Hippel papers
NBL		Niels Bohr Library, AIP Center for History of Physics, College Park, MD AIP minutes American Institute of Physics, Governing Board meeting minutes AIP-PT records American Institute of Physics, Physics Today Division records, 1948-1971 APS records American Physical Society records APS minutes American Physical Society meeting minutes and membership lists Darrow papers Karl Kelchner Darrow papers Goudsmit papers Samuel A. Goudsmit papers Hutchisson records Records of Elmer Hutchisson, American Institute of Physics, Office of the Director
	Koch records Records of H. William Koch, American Institute of Physics, Office of the Director Smoluchowski records APS Division of Solid State Physics records of Roman Smoluchowski Van Vleck papers John H. Van Vleck papers